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Video Shows Moment Kayaker Rescued After Treading Water For Over Hour On Long Island Sound Video Shows Moment Kayaker Rescued After Treading Water For Over Hour On Long Island Sound
Video Shows Moment Kayaker Rescued After Treading Water For Over Hour On Long Island Sound A camera was rolling the moment a stranded kayaker finally reached safety after spending over an hour treading water off Long Island. The successful rescue operation happened at around 5:45 p.m. Sunday, June 23, near Reeves Beach, located in the Riverhead hamlet of Baiting Hollow. A man called 911 saying he was unable to locate his friend who had been on a kayak west of the beach. Officers with the Riverhead Police Marine and the Suffolk County Police Aviation units later spotted an overturned kayak with a man in a lifejacket in the water, nearly one mile north of Reeves Beach. Helicopter…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Body Found After Vehicle Bursts Into Flames In Riverhead Body Found After Vehicle Bursts Into Flames In Riverhead
Body Found After Vehicle Bursts Into Flames In Riverhead A body was discovered inside a burnt-out car on Long Island when officials responded to a report of a fire. Police and fire officials in Riverhead responded around 10:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 8 to the driveway of a home at 2 Sebastian Drive in Baiting Hollow. Upon arrival to the residence, patrol units and firefighters found a vehicle in the driveway, which was fully engulfed in flames as well as an exterior wall of the residence and a dumpster located nearby on the property, said the Riverhead Police. The fire was extinguished by Riverhead Fire Department and it was at that …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Fatal Crash, Multi-Vehicle Pileup Occur Minutes Apart On Busy Long Island Roadway Fatal Crash, Multi-Vehicle Pileup Occur Minutes Apart On Busy Long Island Roadway
Fatal Crash, Multi-Vehicle Pileup Occur Minutes Apart On Busy Long Island Roadway While detectives were investigating a fatal crash on Sunrise Highway, New York State Police on Long Island were also called in minutes later when there was a multi-car pile-up involving a tractor-trailer and several other vehicles. New York State Police troopers responded to a fatal collision at 1:42 p.m. on Thursday, April 29, where there was a fatal two-vehicle crash that took place on Sunrise Highway near exit 63 in Southampton. Investigators said that the preliminary investigation found that a 2016 Chevy Malibu rear-ended a 2011 Toyota Corolla in the eastbound lane of the highway. In th…

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by Zak Failla
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Long Island Trio Nabbed For Buying Alcohol For Two Children, Police Say Long Island Trio Nabbed For Buying Alcohol For Two Children, Police Say
Long Island Trio Nabbed For Buying Alcohol For Two Children, Police Say Three Long Island men were arrested by state police for allegedly purchasing drinks for two children under the age of 17. Suffolk County residents Travis W. Gast, age 34, of East Quogue; Mateusz Pieta, age 22, of Baiting Hollow, and Matthew J. Murcott, age 29, of Manorville, were arrested on Tuesday, April 13, and charged with endangering the welfare of a child under 17, said New York State Police Trooper Daniel Ahlgrim.  The arrests came after state police received a report about an incident that occurred on Saturday, Feb. 27, where the three men endangered two children by purcha…

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by Kathy Reakes